CVE-2020-9900

published 2020-10-22

CVE-2020-9900: An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and…

Priority P3 39 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios	>= unspecified < iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6	iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
apple	ios_13.6_and_ipados	—	—
apple	ipados	< 13.6	13.6
apple	iphone_os	< 13.6	13.6
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.15.6	10.15.6
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Catalina 10.15.6	macOS Catalina 10.15.6
apple	macos_catalina_10.15.6_security_update_2020-004_mojave_security_update_2020-004	—	—
apple	tvos	< 13.4.8	13.4.8
apple	tvos	—	—
apple	tvos	>= unspecified < tvOS 13.4.8	tvOS 13.4.8
apple	watchos	< 6.2.8	6.2.8
apple	watchos	—	—
apple	watchos	>= unspecified < watchOS 6.2.8	watchOS 6.2.8

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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